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Regina (Aru) v Chief Constable of Merseyside Police: CA 30 Jan 2004

The applicant had been cautioned by the police. The victim sought judicial review of that decision. The respondent now appealed.
Held: The court of appeal had no jurisdiction to hear an appeal against a judicial review in a criminal matter where there had been a final disposal of the matter. Any appeal must be to the House of Lords. The police caution operated as such, and no review would lay. The section referred to a criminal ’cause or matter’ not to proceedings. An official caution appeared to be a way of disposing of a complaint.
Maurice Kay LJ noted the use of the phrase ‘criminal cause or matter’ denoted a ‘wider ambit’ than merely ‘criminal proceedings’.
References: Times 05-Feb-2004, [2004] 1 WLR 1697
Judges: Waller, Longmore, Maurice Kay, LJJ
Statutes: Public Order Act 1986 5, Supreme Court Act 1981 18(1), Administration of Justice Act 1960 1(1)
Jurisdiction: England and Wales
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